Life and Society in the Hittite World
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In dealing with a wide range of aspects of the life, activities, and customs of the Late Bronze Age Hittite world, this book complements the treatment of Hittite military and political history presented by the author in The Kingdom of the Hittites (O.U.P., 1998). Through quotations from the original sources and through the word pictures to which these give rise, the book aims at recreating, as far as is possible, the daily lives and experiences of a people who for a time became the supreme political and military power in the ancient Near East. Cover Half Title Page Title Page Copyright Acknowledgements Preface to the Paperback Edition Contents List of Illustrations Abbreviations List of Hittite Kings Maps Introduction Synopsis of Hittite History CHAPTER 1: King, Court, and Royal Officials The Men behind the Masks The King’s Officials Relationships between the King and his Gods Members of the Royal Court Concubinage The Responsibilities of Kingship CHAPTER 2: The People and the Law Sources of Information The Nature and Content of The Laws The Application of The Laws The King as Judge Penalties Sexual Offences Slavery CHAPTER 3: The Scribe The Extent of Literacy in the Hittite World The Training of Scribes The Employment of Scribes The Tablet Archives Upward Mobility in the Scribal Profession Scribal Influence in the Kingdom Specialization in Scribal Activity On a Personal Note CHAPTER 4: The Farmer The Workers of the Land Buying Land The Hire of Labour The Farming Communities Herding and Herdsmen CHAPTER 5: The Merchant The Hazards of Merchant Enterprises The Trading Emporia Sea Trade Hatti’s Commercial Contacts CHAPTER 6: The Warrior Attitudes to War Logistics and Strategies The Spoils of War Rebellion and Civil War The Composition of the Army Military Success Rates Siege Warfare Lords of the Watch-Towers Sites Accursed CHAPTER 7: Marriage Contractual Arrangements Marriages between Slave and Free Matrilocal Marriages Arranged Marriages Love and Marriage Adultery Divorce Levirate Marriage Polygamy CHAPTER 8: The Gods ‘An Extreme Form of Polytheism’ Religious Reforms The Nature of the Gods Solar Gods The Storm God Ishtar Other Deities Oracles The Temples and their Divine Residents Images of the Gods CHAPTER 9: The Curers of Diseases The Holistic Approach Treatment involving Oracular Enquiry The Transmission of Diseases The Hire of Foreign Medical Expertise Calls upon Divine Assistance CHAPTER 10: Death, Burial, and the Afterlife Burials The Afterlife Ghosts CHAPTER 11: Festivals and Rituals The Conduct of the Festivals The Reliefs at Alaca Höyük The Major Festivals The Role of Yazılıkaya in the Festival Programme Rituals The Ritualists The Substitute Magic CHAPTER 12: Myth The Myth–Ritual Nexus The Illuyanka Myth Other Anatolian Myths The Kumarbi Epic Cycle CHAPTER 13: The Capital Hattusa’s Main Phases Layout of the City The City’s Nature and Image The Main Gateways The Temples Official Visitors to the Capital The Temple of the Storm God The People of Hattusa Fire! Last Days CHAPTER 14: Links across the Wine-Dark Sea Westward Population Movements Gilgamesh and the Homeric Epics Cultural Transmission Notes Bibliography Index
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